Thank you, Greenalleycat! You really grasped what I was aiming for. I'm having some trouble figuring out how to represent the connection between the angle and the deck in RISA. I'll give your suggestion a try in RISA 3D.
I am looking to stiffen the deck by attaching a steel angle to the bottom of the ribs using shot pins.
Initially, I considered placing a channel between the ribs, but that option turned out to be too expensive.
Do you have any suggestions for an alternative way to stiffen the deck?
I am working on stiffening an existing profile deck to address snow drift, and I plan to introduce a single angle at the bottom of the rib, spanning perpendicular to the ribs across the entire deck span.
I intend to use a shot pin to connect the single angle to the bottom of the rib of the...
